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C. C. HOCKMAN.

MEANS FOR MAKING PRINTERS LEADS 0R RULES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. II. I914.

1,193,388., Patented Aug. 1,1916.

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Wil'meoaw C. C. HOCKMAN.

MEANS FOR MAKING PRINTERS LEADS 0R RULES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I1, 1914. M 98,888, Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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MEANS FOR MAKING PRINTERS LEADS 0R RULES.

APPLICATIGN FILED DEC. 11, 1914.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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MEANS FOR MAKING PRINTERS LEADS 0R RULES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1914.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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CHARLES C. HOCKMAN, 0F DORCI-IESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 LANSTONMONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION0F VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent. A

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application filed December 11, 1914. Serial N 0. 876,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. HOCK- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means forMaking Printers Leads or Rules, of which the following is aspecification.

In the well known monotype machine the matter is composed by strikingthe proper keys of the key-board, each key struck producing perforationsin a paper ribbon. This paper ribbon is associated with mechanism of thecasting machine whereby it controls automatically the character thecasting machine will produce. The key-board includes justification keys,and at the end of the line, or at any desired point in it, thecompositor at the key-board justifies the line, or portion of it bystriking the justification keys. Thus the ribbon when placed in thecasting machine compels the latter to cast type in justified linesexactly as composed by the compositor at the key-board.

In making up the matter it frequently becomes necessary to insert leadsbetween the lines in order to secure required spacing. The monotypemachine has been provided with an attachment for casting metal intostrips of continuous lengths, these strips being later cut or sawed byhand into sections of appropriate lengths for the leads, that is to say,into lengths according with the lengths of the lines which are to beseparated from each other thereby. The strip casting attachment referredto is so arranged that it can be applied to the type casting machine byremoving the type casting mold or matrix and substituting the stripcasting mold therefor, and by it a strip of continu ous length is formedof a series of separately cast sections whose ends are integrally unitedwith each other, the attachment having a molding chamber into whichmolten metal is squirted in successive jets with intervening pauses bythe parts of the type casting machines which in the typecastingoperation squirts the molten metal into the type mold, the sequence ofsquirting operations or the temperature of the molten metal being soarranged in the formation of the strips that the end of the length ofthe section to be formed. This gate 01' blade is reciprocated by a leverwhich derives movement .from the type carrier cam of the type castingmachine, its move; ment in one direction being away from the formedsection of strip and opening the chamber for a supply of molten metaland occurring immediately before the metal is squirted into saidchamber, and its movement in the other direction forcing the strip awayfrom the mold. The throw of this gate or blade is adjustably regulatedin a suitable way to accord with the length of the sections of the stripwhich are to be cast at each operation of the casting mechanism. Thismanner of producing the leads necessitates manual. labor in the cuttingor sawing of the strips into leads of the required lengths and moreoverresults oftentimes in the production of useless leads, as it frequentlyhappens that the leads and rules when out by hand are bent to an extentwhich prevents their being used.

It is one of the important purposes of the present invention to providea means which will automatically,produce leads or rules of the sizesrequired, without necessitating any manual sawing or cutting thereof.

Another of the important purposes of the present invention is to providean apparatus capable of producing leads of re quired lengthsautomatically, having the further characteristic of being applicable tothe monotype casting machine.

In accordance With these severally new and important purposes of theinvention, I have produced an apparatus involving in its construction acorrelation of parts whereby the strips of metal while being cast arecut into sections of appropriate predetermined length for use as leadsor rules,the cutting of the strip into the sections referred to beingaccomplished automatically under control of a ribbon which is perforatedby proper keys of the key-board of the monotype machine, and in whichconstruction the parts also are so correlated that the casting andcutting mechanism may be applied to the monotype machine.

In the herein exemplified form of the invention I have, in the carryingout of the before mentioned important purposes thereof, and otherpurposes which will be understood from the hereinafter description ofthe preferred embodiment of the invention, produced an apparatus whichhas several new and useful features among which the following areparticularly mentioned to wit: (1) A casting machine for leads or rulesembodying a casting member, a cutting member and a means forautomatically operating the cutting member under control of anappropriate part of a monotype casting machine; (2) a casting machinefor leads or rules embodying a casting member, a cutting member, aperforated controller and mechanism controlled by the perforatedcontroller for automatically operating the cutting member; (3) a castingmachine for leads or rules embodying a casting member, a cutting memberand a means for automatically operating the cutting member to cut intoappropriate lengths the strip of metal being cast; (4:) certain new anduseful features in the construction of the cutting part of theapparatus.

Having in a general way set forth some of the important aims of thepresent invention I will now proceed to describe the preferredembodiment wherein all of the said aims or purposes are carried intopractice; but I would have it understood that this em bodiment is merelyexemplary and that important changes in the details may be made and thatthe invention, or its several new features, may be otherwise andvariously embodied Without departing from the spirit thereof or thescope of the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of referenceindicate similar parts in the various views: Figure 1 is a diagrammaticrepresentation of a casting and cutting mechanism embodying the presentimprovements; several of the parts thereof being parts which are nowemployed in the well known monotype casting machine; Fig. 2 is a planView of the cutter mechanism forming a part of the present invention,together with certain parts of a monotype machine which are associatedtherewith; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2; Fig.4 is a detail plan view of the cutter mechanism, on a larger scale thanthe preceding figure; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 ofFig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the cutters with the coverplates rem0ved;-Fig. 7 is a detail plan View showing the fixed cuttingmember and the guide for the movable cutting member, the latter cuttingmember and the cover plates being removed; Fig. 8 is an end view of themovable cutting member; and Fig. 9 is an inverted plan view of thelatter member.

The cutting mechanism herein exemplified includes two relatively movablestrip cuttlng and guiding members A and B having channels a and brespectively through which the strip of metal X is fed as it comes fromthe mold C. Preferably, the member A is fixed and the member B mountedto reciprocate across the end of the member A, the member B having aninclined cutting edge I) which cooperates with the edge a of the memberA in the severing of the strip X, the operation being substantially ashearing one upon the strip as will be apparent. The movable member B isguided in its reciprocations, preferably by strips b seated in recesses6 formed in the lower surface of said member, and stops b are providedto engage the ends of the member B and limit its movement. In practice,the member A is preferably formed of two blocks 10 and 11 spaced toprovide the channel a and connected with each other by a plate 12mounted upon their upper surfaces, the said blocks having beveled ends10 and 11 arranged to form agradually-reducing mouth leading to saidchannel. The member B in practice is also preferably formed of twoblocks 13 and 14 spaced to provide the channel I) and having. a topplate 15 suitably secured to the blocks and connecting them with eachother. The members A and B are preferably mounted on a suitable baseplate D having front and rear spaced elements 16 and 17 which guide andsupport the lead. The front element 16 is preferably provided with aprojection 18 which extends over the movable member B and holds it downin its proper plane of operation.

The cutting mechamsm herein exemplified includes, in addition to theparts just described, an appropriate frame by which it is adapted to bemounted upon rods, as c, f which project from the galley stand E andsupport the galley pan support F of the at present well known monotypecasting machine. When the herein exemplified cutting mechanism is to beapplied to such a machine the galley pan support F is removed from themachine in order to afiord room for the cutting mechanism, and after thecutting mechanism has been applied, the galley pan support may bereplaced on the rods 0. f in the position shown best in Fig. 2. Theframe comprises side members 20 and 21 connected with each other bycross pieces 22, and is preferably mounted on the rods 0, f in av mannerwhich permits the cutting and guiding members to be aujustably fixed inposition to receive the strip X and sever the same. Such a connection ispreferably effected as follows:

The members 20 and 21 are formed with openings 20 and 21 which receivethe rod 6 and by which the frame is pivotally mounted on said rod. Saidmembers also have open ended slots 20 and 21 which receive the rod f.Adjacent to the openings 20 and 21 are screws 23, 24 which extendupwardly against the rod e, and adjacent to the openings 20", 21arescrews 25 and 26 which extend downwardly through the members 20 and21 into engagement with the rod f. These screws cooperate with eachother, by their engagement with the rods, to raise or lower the cutterto a predetermined height.

The cutting mechanism further embodies a means by which the movablemember B may be operated automatically. In the herein exemplified formof the invention this means includes certain parts of the justifyingmechanism of the monotype casting machine, a perforated controller foroperating said parts of the justifying mechanism automatically, orcontrolling the operation thereof, and connections between the saidparts and said member B.

The preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and herein particularly set forth does notessentially call for any particular changes in the monotype castingmachine, for which reason it is considered to be unnecessary toillustrate or describe said machine in detail. Inasmuch, however, ascertain parts of the monotype casting machine are utilized in thepreferred embodiment of the invention it is thought to be advisable toillustrate such parts in a conventional or diagrammatic way. The partsreferred to are those parts of the justifying mechanism which areemployed in the illustrated embodiment of the invention as a part of themeans for operating the member B and also the galley stand E and galleypan support F. As is well known to those familiar with the monotypecasting machine there is employed in such machine a cross girt,indicated at G, having a perforation g, from which an air pipe H leadsto a chamber 72, in which is an air pin I, the said air pin operatingupon a bell crank J one of whose arms is so correlated with ajustification wedge lever arm K that itpushes the said arm K intooperative relation with a center ing pin lever L which is operatedpositively by cams M mounted on cam shafts M and raises thejustification wedge lever arm K when the latter has been connected withit as described. This raising of arm K causes the same to press thegalley trip rod N and this rod, in the monotype casting machine,operates upon a trip lever O, the latter in turn shoving the line oftype forward. In the machine referred to there is also a suitable sourceof supply of compressed air, not shown, which air operates the air pin Iunder control of perforations in a paper ribbon, or paper tower, theribbon being indicated at P. When the machine, referred to is employedfor operating the cutter mechanism it is preferred in the presentinvention to disconnect the galley trip rod N from the trip lever 0,this being conveniently accomplished merely by adjusting the set screw 0(see Fig. 2,) away from the end of the galley triprod, it beingunderstood that in these machines the set screw isnormally adjusted inthe end of a trip lever so that its end will contact with the trip rodand thereby cause the trip lever to be operated by the trip rod.

In the herein exemplified form of the invention the cutter mechanism isprovided with a lever 27 which is fulcrumed at 28 on the galley stand Eand has one of its ends provided with a lateral arm 29 which is arrangedin the path of movement of the galley trip rod N. The other end of thelever 27 is pivotally connected at 30 to an arm 31 which in turn isconnected to the movable member B of the cutter. Preferably, the end ofthe arm 31 adjacent to the end of the cutter member B is bent downwardas shown at 32 in Fig. 5 and is provided with a rearwardly extendingblade 33 having a slot 34 through which projects a pin 35 rising fromthe uppersurface of the member B, the connection between the arm 31 andthe member B being thereby of a lost-motion nature, it being noted thatthe downwardly-bent portion 32 is not fastened to the member B. Aretractile spring 36 is connected to the pin 35 and to a pin 37 on theplate 33 and effects the forward movement of the member B when thelatter has been pressed rearward by its actuating levers, like movementof the said levers being effected by a retractile spring 38 whichconnects the end of the arm 31 with one of the cross members 22 of theframe.

It will now be apparent that when the galley trip rod N is operated itwill by its engagement with the projection 29 from the lever 27 pressthe said lever in a direction which moves the member B transverselyacross the end of the member A, the cutting edges 0' and b of saidmembers cooperating during such movement to cleanly sever from the stripX a section thereof of a length appropriate for use as a lead or rule,the operation of the said galley trip rod being controlled, as alreadyexplained, by perforations in the ribbon P. lVhen the movable member Bhas been moved to the rear by the operation of the arm 27 it is restoredto its former position by the spring 36, the said lever 27 beingsimilarly restored by the spring 38, ready for another cuttingoperation. The lost-motion connection between the arm 31 and the cuttingmember B enables the latter to traverse a straight guided path and themeans herein described for restoring such cutting member and itsactuating lever 27 and arm 31 to their forward position ready foranother operation are of advantageous nature particularly when themechanism is intended for use as a part'of a monotype casting machine.

The strip casting mechanlsm may be of any suitable kind, but I prefer toemploy the one which is now supplied to be attached to the type-castingmachine when it is desired to cast strips for conversion into leads orrules. In the strip-casting attachment referred to the mold C is soarranged that it may be removably applied to the type-casting machine(the type mold of the latter being removed when the mold G is being usedand replaced when the casting of type is again to be performed by themachine) the said mold C when 1n place on the machine being connected tothe pumping mechanism from which it receives the supply of molten metal,the latter mechanism being the one which supplies molten metal to thetype-casting mold when the machine is casting type. The strip mold C hasa reciprocatory gate or blade 0 whose inner end forms the rear wall ofthe molding chamber a. This gate or blade is reciprocated by means whichare well known as a part of the type casting machine and are used in thehereinbefore referred to attachment for casting strips. I consider it tobe unnecessary to particularly illustrate or describe said means buthave shown the same diagrammatically, 0 indicating the type carrier camlever which is positively operated by the type carrier cams c (thelatter in practice being mounted on the same shafts as the cams M), thesaid type carrler cam lever having a lost-motion connection with thegate or blade 0 the gate traveling ordinarily about one-half inch whilethe throw of the lever is considerably greater. The extent of the lostmotion may be regulated as required to variably determine the length ofmovements of the gate or blade, by varying the distance between the nuts0 the said nuts being adjustable for this purpose. The front wall of themold C is the section of lead strip previously cast and to which it isdesired to cast another section. In operation molten lead is squirtedinto the chamber 0 when the gate or blade 0 is in retracted position andafter the metal has been allowed to cool slightly and has become unitedto the end of the previously cast section, the gate or blade 0 isautomatically moved forward, forcing the strip X out from the mold,toward the cutting mechanism, after which the gate or blade is againretracted and the chamber is opened to receive another charge of moltenmetal, the phases of move- In the composing machine at present used Ifor producing the perforations in the ribbon employed for controllingthe operation of the casting and justifying mechanism of the typecasting machine there is a blank key, so called. The operation of thiskey feeds the ribbon but does not perforate the same. In producing theperforations in the ribbon P for controlling the operation of thecutting mechanism, the composer strikes the blank key the number oftimes which accords with the intervals desired between the erforationsand then strikes the justification key, the latter producing theperforation; he then again strikes the blank key the required number oftimes, following this with another operation of the justification key,and so on until the required number of perforations arranged atpredetermined intervals have been produced in the ribbon for the purposeof casting the required number of rules. For the purpose ofillustration, assuming that leads or rules five inches long are to beproduced and that each operation of the blank key represents a distanceof one-half inch, it will be apparent that the blank key is struck tentimes between each striking of the justification key.

The casting operations must be so correlated with the cutting operationsthat the latter will occur only when the required length of lead hasbeen cast into strip form and, moreover, must take place during thepauses of the step-by-step feeding of the strip by the gate 0 Hence thelength of reciprocatory movements of the gate is so arranged that eachsection cast will be an even devisor of the length of lead or rulerequired, it being remembered that the length of each section of thestrip cast accords with the movement of the gate as does the length ofeach feeding movement of the strip: the cutting occurring during thenonfeeding movements of the gate or while the gate is stationary.

Having now described the invention what I believe to be new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, mechanism adapted to mold a strip of metal composedof sucees sively cast sections having their ends integrally united witheach other, the said mechanism including means for intermittentlyfeeding the strip away from the molding mechanism and a cuttingmechanism including a perforated controller whose perforations arespaced at intervals such that each cutting operation occurs when apredetermined number of sections of the strip have been cast and duringthe pauses in the movements of the strip.

2. In combination, mechanism adapted to mold a strip of metal composedof successively cast sections having their ends integrally united witheach other, the said mechanism including a molding chamber and areciprocatorily mounted intermittently-operated gate or blade whosemovement controls the length of the sections cast, the said gate orblade also serving to feed the strip intermittently away from the mold,

.and a cutting mechanism having means arranged to operate it during thepauses in the movement of the strip and after a predetermined number ofsections thereof have been cast.

3. In combination, means for molding a strip of metal, and a cuttingmechanism comprising relatively movable members having channels toreceive the strip as it comes from the molding means and cutting edgesadjacent to the channels, the said cutting mechanism also having meansfor automatically operating it at predetermined times.

4. In combination, means for molding a strip of metal and a mechanismfor cutting said strip automatically into sections of predeterminedlength while the strip is being formed, the said cutting mechanismhaving a perforated element for controlling the times of the operationsthereof.

5. In combination, mechanism for molding a strip composed ofsuccessively cast sections having their ends integrally united, the saidmechanism including a molding chamber in which the said sections aresuccessively cast and united with each other to form the strip and anelement for intermittently feeding the strip away from the moldingmechanism, and a cutting mecha-' nism arranged to sever the strip intosections' of predetermined length, the said cutting mechanism includinga controller for timing its cutting operations With relation to thecasting and feeding operations.

6. In combination, mechanism for molding a strip composed ofsuccessively cast sections having their ends integrally united, the saidmechanism including a molding chamber in which the said sections aresuccessively cast and united with each other to form the strip and anelement for intermittently feeding the strip away from the mold ingmechanism, and a cutting mechanism arranged to sever the strip intosections of predetermined length, the said cutting mechanism including aperforated controller for perforations in said controller 'beingdisposed at spaced distances bearing a definite relationship to thelength of the sections cast and being arranged to cause the cuttingoperations to occur during the pauses in the intermittent movements ofthe strip.

7 A strip casting and cutting mechanism for attachment to a type castingmachine, including a cutting mechanism arranged to be connected with anappropriate part of the justifying mechanism of the type castingmachine, and a controller for timing the operation of the cuttingmechanism.

8. A strip casting and cutting mechanism for attachment to a typecasting machine, including a cutting mechanism arranged to be connectedwith an appropriate part of the justifying mechanism of the type castingmachine, means for casting the strip and feeding it intermittentlytoward the cutting mechanism and a controller for timing the operationsof the cutting mechanism.

9. A strip casting, and cutting mechanism for attachment to a typecasting machine, including a cutting mechanism arranged to be connectedwith an appropriate partof the justifying mechanism of the type castingmachine, means for casting the strip and feeding it intermittentlytoward the cutting mechanism and a controller for timing the operationsof the cutting mechanism, the said controller having a perforatedelement whose perforations are arranged to causeathe cutting mechanismto sever the strip at predetermined intervals With relation to thecasting and feeding operations.

10. A strip casting and cutting mechanism for attachment to a typecasting machine, comprising a cutting mechanism having operating meansarranged to be connected with an appropriate part of the justifyingmechanism to be actuated thereby, means for easting the strip andfeeding it intermittently to the cutting mechanism, the cuttingmechanism being channeled to receive the strip, and a controller fortiming the operations of the cutting mechanism, the said controllerbeing arranged to be connected with the justifying mechanism of the typecasting machine.

11. In a type casting machine having justifying mechanism, a stripcasting and cutting mechanism for attachment thereto, comprising acutting mechanism having operating means connected with an appropriatepart of the justifying mechanism, means for casting the strip andfeeding it intermittently toward the cutting mechanism, the cuttingmechanism including channels which receive the strip as it comes fromthe casting means, and a controlling means having connection with thepart of the justifying mechanism which operates the cutting mechanism,the said controlling means operating through the justifying mechanism tocause the cutting mechanism to sever the strip into sections ofpredetermined length.

12. In a type casting machine having justifying mechanism; a stripcasting and cutting mechanism for tlttiltllllltfilt thereto, comprisinga cutting mechanism having operating means connected with an appropriatepart of the justifying mechanism, means for casting the strip andfeeding it intermittently toward the cutting mechanism, the cuttingmechanism including relatively movable members having channels toreceive the strip and cutting edges to sever the same, and a controllingmeanshaving connection with the part of the ustifying mechanism whichoperates the cutting mechanism, the said controlling means operatingthrough the justifying mechanism to cause the cut.- ting mechanism tosever the strip into sections of predetermined length.

13. In a type casting machine having justifying mechanism includingparts which are intermittently connected with each other, a stripcasting and cutting mechanism for attaclnnent to said machine,comprising a cutting mechanism having operating means arranged to beconnected'to one of said parts of the justifying mechanism. means forcasting'the strip and feeding it intermittently to the cuttingmechanism, and means for controlling the connection of said parts of thejustifying mechanism, to thereby cause the cutting mechanism to severthe strip into sections of predetermined length.

14. In a type casting machine having justifying mechanism includingparts which are intermittently connected with each other, and anair-operated means for controlling such connection, the said meansincluding an element having perforations which control the air, a stripcasting and cutting mechanism for attachment to said machine, comprisinga cutting mechanism having operating means arranged to be connected toone of said parts of the justifying mechanism, and means for casting thestrip and feeding it intermittently to the cutting mechanism, theperforated element of the controlling means having its perforations soarranged that the cutting mechanism will perform its cutting operationat predetermined times with relation to the casting and feedingoperations.

,15. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, and a cutting mechanism, the said cutting mechanismhaving channels to receive the strip as it comes from the mold, the saidmechanism also having cutting portions to sever said strip and meanswhereby it is operated by the galley trip rod.

16. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, and a cutting mechanism having relatively movablemembers provided with chanand feeding a strip of metal, a galley trip"rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated intermittently at timespredetermined with relation to the casting and feeding operations and acutting mechanism operated by said trip rod.

18. A cutting mechanism comprising a frame having openings adapting itto be connected to a type casting machine, cutting mechanism carried bythe frame, and adjustable means for holding the frame to properlyposition the cutting mechanism with relation to the type castingmachine.

19. .A cutting mechanism comprising a frame having openings adapting itto be connected to a type casting machine, cutting mechanism carried bythe frame, and adjustable means for holding the frame to properlyposition the cutting mechanism with relation to the type castingmachine, the cutting mechanism including relatively movable members,guides to receive the material to be cut and cooperating cutting edges.

20. In combination, a frame having openings adapting it to be connectedto a type casting machine, means applicable to such machine for castingand intermittently feeding a strip of metal therefrom, cutting andguiding members carried by the frame and adjustable means for securingthe frame in position to place the'cutting and guiding mechanism withrelation to the strip as the latter is fed from the casting means.

21. In combination, means for casting and feeding a strip of metal, anda cutting mechanism comprising relatively movable cutting members havingchannels to receive the strip as it is cast and fed and also havingcooperating cutting edges adjacent the channels, and mechanism arrangedto operate the movable member intermittently, the said mechanismcomprising a member having a lost-motion connection to the movablecutting-member.

22. In combination, means for casting and feeding a strip of metal, anda cutting mechnism comprising relatively movable cutting members havingchannels to receive the strip as it is cast and fed and also havingcoopcrating cutting edges adjacent the channels and a mechanism arrangedto operate the movable member in a timed relation to the said mechanismcomprising a member having a lost-motion connection to the movablecutting-member and the said connection including a spring.

23. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated in a timedrelation to the casting and feeding operations, and a cutting mechanismcomprising a movable cutting member and means connecting said memberwith the galley trip rod, the said means including a lever, an armhaving connection with the lever and cutting member and a returningspring.

24. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated automatically attimes predetermined with relation to the casting and feeding operations,and a cutting mechanism comprising a movable cutting member and meansconnecting said member with the galley trip rod, the said meansincluding a lever, an arm having connection with the lever and cuttingmember and a returning spring, the connection between the arm andcutting member being of a lost-motion nature.

25. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated intermittentlyat times predetermined with relation to the casting and feedingoperations, and a cutting mechanism comprising a movable cutting memberand means connecting said member with the galley trip rod, the saidmeans including a lever, an arm having connection with the lever andcutting member and a returningspring, the connection between the arm andcutting member being of a loose nature and'including a spring.

26. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated intermittentlyat times predetermined with relation to the casting and feedingoperations, and a cutting mechanism comprising relatively-movablecutting members havin channels to receive the strip as it is cast andfed and also having cooperating cutting edges adjacent the channels, andmechanism connecting the movable member with the galley trip rod, thesaid mechanism including a returning spring.

27. In combination, means for molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated intermittentlyat times predetermined with relation to the casting and feeding operations, and a cutting mechanism comprising relatively-movable cuttingmembers having channels to receive the strip as it is cast and fed andalso having cooperating cutting edges adjacent the channels, a leverconnected to the galley trip rod, an arm connecting the lever with themovable memher and a returning spring.

28. In combination, means for'molding and feeding a strip of metal, agalley trip rod, means whereby the trip rod is operated movable memberand a plurality of return-.

ing springs, one of said springs being arranged in the connectionbetween the arm and movable member.

29. In combination, a type casting machine having means for casting andfeeding a strip of metal, a cutting mechanism comprising a fixed memberhaving a longitudinal channel, a member movable across one end of thefixed member and provided with a transverse channel, said channels beingarranged to receive the material as it is cast and fed and said membersalso having cooperating cutting edges and an operating mechanism for themovable member, including an arm having a lost-motion connection withthe movable member and an actuating lever having connection with saidarm and adapted to be operated by a part of the type-casting machine.

30. In combination, means for casting and feeding a strip of metal, acutting mechanism comprising a base, a fixed member on said base, amember movable on the base across one end of the fixed member, the fixedand movable members having channels to receive the material as it is cutand fedand also having cooperating cutting edges adj acent to thechannels, the movable member and base also having coiiperating guidingportions for the movable member and means whereby the movable member isoperated in a timed relation to the casting and feeding operations.

31. In combination, means for casting and feeding a strip of metal, acutting mechanism'comprising a base, a fixed member on said base and amember movable on the base across one end of the fixed member, the fixedand movable members having channels to receive the material as it is cutand fed and also having cooperating'cutting edges adjacent to thechannels, the base also having means forming a channel beyond themovable member and the movable member and.

base having cooperating guiding portions for the movable member, andmeans whereby the movable member is operated in a timed relation to thecasting and feeding operations.

32. The combination with a casting mechanism, of a cutting mechanism,movable elements constituting a part of the casting mechanism and movingin unison therewith,

and means for bringing the cutting mechanism into operative connectionwith said movable elements at intervals whereby said elements actuatethe cutter.

33. The combination with a casting mechanism, of a cutting mechanism,members constituting an actuating means between the casting mechanismand the cutting mechanism whereby the latter is operated by the former,said members being normally out of engagement with each other, and meansfor estabhshmg'a connection between said members at intervals.

34. The combination with a casting mechanism, of a cutting mechanism,members constituting an actuating means between the casting mechanismand the cutting mechanism whereby the latter is operated by the former,said members being normally out of engagement with each other andcontrollable means for establishing a connection between said members atintervals.

35. The combination with a casting mechanism, comprising a moving partof a cutting mechanism, means for imparting movement to said cuttingmechanism intermittently from the moving part of the casting mechanism,whereby the cutting mechanism is caused to sever the article cast, andmeans for varying the time. at which said movement takes place. I

. 36. The combination with a casting mechanism, comprising a moving partof a cutting mechanism, means for imparting movement to said cuttingmechanism intermittently from the moving part of the casting mechanism,whereby the cutting mechanism is caused to sever the article cast, andcontrollable means for varying the time at which said movement takesplace.

37. The combination with a casting mechanism comprising a movingelement, of a cutting mechanism arranged to act upon the materialproduced by said casting mechanism and means normally out of the pathof, but arranged to be moved into the path of said movable member of thecasting mechanism and serving when moved into the path of said member toactuate the cutting mechanism from the casting mechanism.

38. The combination with a casting mechanism comprising a movmgelementof a cut- I ting mechanism arranged to act upon the material produced bysaid casting mechanism and means normally out of the path of,

but arranged to be moved into the path of sections of an integral strip,means for feeding the strip intermittently distances corresponding tothe length ofthe sections cast and means for severing the strip intosections corresponding in length to multiples of the length of the castsections.

40. In an apparatus such as described, the

' combination of the following instrumentalities, to-wit: means forcasting successively sections of an integral strip, means for varyingthe length of the individual sections cast and feeding the stripintermittently distances corresponding to the length of the sectionscast and allowing the strip to remain at rest between feed movements,and means for severing the strip into sections corresponding in lengthto multiples of the length of the cast sections.

41. In combination, mechanism adapted to mold a strip of metal composedof successively cast sections having their ends integrally united witheach other, the said mechanism including a molding chamber and areciprocatorily mounted intermittentlyoperated gate or blade whosemovement controls the length of the sections cast, the said gate orblade also serving to feed the strip intermittently away from the mold,means for varying the length ofthe movement of the gate or blade, and acutting mechanism having means arranged to operate it during the pausesin the movement of the strip and after a predetermined number ofsections thereof have been cast.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES c. HOOKMAN.

WVitnesses Gnoncn F. TUCKER, ALBERT F. FLINT.

